Innovative Unmanned Airship Operational effectiveness, low cost

and ecological compatibility

Boggi s.r.l. is a privately owned Company started in 1999. The Company is composed by professionals with work experiences in maintenance, design and certification domain, with a strong background in the, airship, helicopter and general aviation fields.

Approvals Since November 04, 2011 we are DOA approved under the number 21.J.453. This approval covers, the privileges to certify structural, avionic, electrical, mission equipment and cabin interiors installations.

We provide solutions and proposals to our customers, starting from their needs, specifications, and certification basis requirements, up to the approval of the change/product under E.A.S.A. rules

Who we are

Main Research Areas Flight Mechanics, Thrust Vectoring Technology, Control

Laws Design for unconventional airships Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of unconventional

airships Zero Emission Vehicle (electrical motors, fuel

cells, low energy consumption) Structural and aerodynamic computations, simulation

and optimization of unconventional airships Carbon Composite and Sandwich Structures, including

Failure Analysis (Delamination Effects) Propellers Blade Optimization Model Based Safety Analysis

The significant achievements of the ETF Project, in terms of scientific, technological and innovation content, result from the involvement of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) of the Polytechnic of Turin.

Who we are

Many civil and commercial applications have already been successfully demonstrated by various UASs for missions such as homeland security, disaster/emergency monitoring, fire survey/control, emergency communications relay, border/coastal/maritime security, law enforcement and others. LTA UASs provide significant advantages with respect to fixed and rotary wing platforms in accomplishing these missions. LTA UASs unique capabilities Operational effectiveness: long endurance, including hovering Ecological compatibility: low or zero emissions, including noise Low cost: strong reduction of acquisition, operation and logistic support cost

Certification

Why LTA

One of the most significant issue concerning the UASs is the airworthiness certification for civilian use. The LTA UASs are expected to achieve the airworthiness certification well in advance with respect to the fixed and rotary wing UASs.

Why LTA Interest is growing in using Lighter Than Air (LTA) platforms, such as aerostats and airships, for military applications. LTA vehicles can offer enhanced, lower cost capability for persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Communications Relay and Electronic Warfare.

Threat has changed (from high technology aircraft/missiles to terrorists) • Need to extend the horizon

• Need persistence

Acquisition, operation and logistic support cost low relative to other aerial platforms

With station keeping, LTA provides increased operational effectiveness, ensuring persistent presence with increased line of sight

Low signatures: acoustic, IR, RF LTA envelopes are highly survivable

Why ETF

The existing conventional airships show strong operational limitations, mainly due to the poor efficiency of the conventional control system, even for standard manouvers and light gusts.

Operational limitations of conventional airships

Strong sensitivity to lateral wind Limited maneuverability and flight envelope Extremely poor efficiency in hovering and

at low speed Poor capability of operating in adverse

environmental conditions Wide ground surface required for take off

and landing Many ground crew members required

New solutions are needed

The ETF Solution

ETF Technology Demonstrator

ETF Prototype

Covered by an international Patent, registered in Europe and extended to other Countries

Elettra Twin Flyers (ETF)

The ETF innovative patented Control System The ETF Solution

The ETF technology overcomes the operational limitations of the conventional airships.

Low sensitivity to lateral wind and gusts

High meneuverability, also in hovering and at low speed

Capability of operating in bad weather conditions

Minimum ground surface required for take off and landing

Ground crew strongly reduced

ETF Demonstrator

The ETF Solution

Comparison with conventional platforms

Controllability

Fixed wing

Economically sustainable

Eco-compatibility

Medium and low speed or hovering

Low altitude monitoring

Long endurance

Rotary wing Convent. Airship ETF

Unsuited

Limited

Suitable

The ETF Solution

The ETF innovative LTA platforms have been designed to provide operational capabilities which overcome some important limitations of the existing conventional air vehicles.

• Capability of operating in bad weather conditions: tenths of knots wind, low intensity rain

• Low height operations possible

• Low or zero ecological impact: helium, electrical motors, fuel cells

• Very low energy consumption: from 1/10 to 1/50 with respect to conventional solutions

• Long edurance, including hovering: days, weeks, months

• Strong reduction of operation and logistic support cost for ground infrastructures and operators training

ETF Demonstrator

ETF Prototype – Structural Design Inflatable Soap Shape solution

The ETF Solution

Border Security Maritime Security Critical Infrastructures Protection Infrastructures Inspection and Monitoring

Agricultural Planning and Control

Environmental Monitoring

Military Applications

• Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

• Communications Relay • Electronic Warfare

Aerial cinematography for news/media broadcasting or video production

Law enforcement

Market Opportunities